Cordia rupicola

Cordia rupicola
	Cordia rupicola
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Family :	Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae)
Subfamily :	Cordioideae
Genre :	Kordien ( Cordia )
Type :	Cordia rupicola
Scientific name
	Cordia rupicola
	Urb.

The Cordia rupicola is a shrub species in the genus of Kordien ( Cordia ) in the family Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae). The species is native to Puerto Rico and Anegada , the northernmost of the British Virgin Islands .

An English name for the species is "Puerto Rico manjack".

description

Cordia rupicola grows as a relatively small woody shrub ; he reaches heights of growth of about 1.5 to 5 meters. Its leaves are oval-elliptical and 2 to 9 inches long. The leaves are rough on top; the underside of the leaf is hairy. The petiole is about 2 to 10 millimeters long.

The flowers are small and white. The red fruit is about 4 by 4 millimeters and contains a single seed.

Distribution and location

Cordia rupicola is a rare endangered plant. It was thought to be endemic to Puerto Rico until occurrences were described on Anegada in 1987 .

The plant was first discovered in Puerto Rico in Los Indios in 1886, between Guayanilla and the Barinas district in Yauco. A year later she was found in Guánica. Individual specimens have been found on the island of Vieques off Puerto Rico . In 1995, 15 specimens were found near El Peñón in Peñuelas , Puerto Rico. This location is a subtropical dry forest on limestone; The tree species growing there include Bourreria succulenta var. succulenta , Bucida buceras and Bursera simaruba . The average rainfall there is less than 66 centimeters.

Two confirmed occurrences at Anegada are in the western part of the island and cover an area of less than 5 km². Cordia rupicola grows there on limestone and on sand dunes, but seems to prefer limestone.

Systematics

The first description by Ignaz Urban was published in 1899. A synonym is Varronia rupicola (Urban) Britt.

Web links

Commons : Cordia rupicola - collection of images, videos and audio files

Varronia rupicola in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2009 Posted by: C. Clubbe u. a., 2003. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
Cordia rupicola at GRIN Taxonomy for Plants (English)
Data sheet of the Center for Plant Conservation (English)

Individual evidence

^ G. Proctor: Status survey of Cordia rupicola . In: Puerto Rican Plant Species of Special Concern: Status and Recommendations. Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, San Juan 1991.
↑ ^a ^b Varronia rupicola in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2009. Posted by: C. Clubbe u. a., 2003. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Form. Cordia rupicola . (PDF; 136 kB) pages 3–4, accessed on November 27, 2006
^ GJ Breckon, DA Kolterman: Cordia rupicola Urban. Final Report under Cooperative Agreement No. 1448-0004-94-9113 between the US Fish and Wildlife Service and University of Puerto Rico . Mayaguez Campus, Puerto Rico 1996.
↑ Symb. Antill. 1: 392, 1899

[Proctor1991-1] G. Proctor: Status survey of Cordia rupicola . In: Puerto Rican Plant Species of Special Concern: Status and Recommendations. Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, San Juan 1991.

[iucn-2] Varronia rupicola in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2009. Posted by: C. Clubbe u. a., 2003. Retrieved November 5, 2009.

[USFWS-3] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Form. Cordia rupicola . (PDF; 136 kB) pages 3–4, accessed on November 27, 2006

[4] GJ Breckon, DA Kolterman: Cordia rupicola Urban. Final Report under Cooperative Agreement No. 1448-0004-94-9113 between the US Fish and Wildlife Service and University of Puerto Rico . Mayaguez Campus, Puerto Rico 1996.

[5] Symb. Antill. 1: 392, 1899